RE: Open Season: Phantom Drophead Coupe

[anything fast]

great article, but where's wayne rooney?

[Chris-R]

anything fast said:

great article, but where's wayne rooney?

There was a strange knocking sound from the boot...

[mikebrownhill]

Well it should really have a Picnic Hamper/Cocktail Cabinet in the boot (much more useful than WR)- the one I was all over at the Salon Prive last year did - utterly amazing car in every way (and I could easily live with the old fashioned dash).

[RosscoPCole]

For those who are slagging off the interior have you ever been in one? It is a very well made and subtle dash. I prefer it to any modern car that I have seen. I'd much rather have minimal switches and things hidden away when not needed. Agreed the choice of timber and leather is not ideal, but it much better looking, in my opinion than anything else apart from a Bentley Arnage or Mulsane. Compared to the dash on a Ghost it is so much more resolved and works better aesthetically as things don't just look dumped on there.

[edinph]

AyBee said:

Don't suppose either of you sat in the back did you?....Don't!! The front is lovely and warm with the vents on the dash and floor and the heated seats...the rear gets none of those luxuries It was December and I froze!!

Tsk. Someone didn't order the rear heated seats! How mean! I watched a programme on TV about the making of a Rolls (all models) and was reminded just how much care and attention goes into each and every one. If only more makers took the time. However, they are vulgar, aren't they.

[AyBee]

edinph said:

Tsk. Someone didn't order the rear heated seats! How mean! I watched a programme on TV about the making of a Rolls (all models) and was reminded just how much care and attention goes into each and every one. If only more makers took the time. However, they are vulgar, aren't they.

The factory didn't, it was a car specced by rolls themselves Don't think rear heated was an option...certainly never saw it on any of the cars I've been in. I was just huddling next to the tiny vent in the rear of the centre console Didn't help that I only had a tshirt, jumper and scarf on...

[Adz The Rat]

Nice write up.

There was a Drophead in Loughrans last time I was in there, they really are a huge car.
I would love one.

[danishMrB]

Wonderful car if you have the 'i don't give a fk about anyone else' attitude to go with it. I don't think it would 'sit right' with a lot of people to justify spending that much. Interesting write up but photos disappointing again. Instead of doing a jolly next time with the OH as you put it, what about getting a photographer to do some decent shots - although not a bad one of the horse!

[lankybob]

Chris-R said:

lankybob said:

It's good to see that you found Ilsham Marine Drive to take the pictures in Torbay! I would have thought Dartmouth would have been a more appropriate place for a Rolls Royce.
Good write-up and it makes me jealous that I'm in Leicester 200 miles away from my car and Dartmoor!

Well you have to rise above the flesh pots (or stay indoors after dark) to enjoy Torquay.
This is the scene most visitors will recognise. Police vans outside Wetherspoons - picture taken on our way to Dartmouth for the evening, I think, including a well deserved jar in the Cherub!

Edited by Chris-R on Friday 11th February 17:36

Home Sweet Home

[Chris-R]

danishMrB said:

Wonderful car if you have the 'i don't give a fk about anyone else' attitude to go with it. I don't think it would 'sit right' with a lot of people to justify spending that much. Interesting write up but photos disappointing again. Instead of doing a jolly next time with the OH as you put it, what about getting a photographer to do some decent shots - although not a bad one of the horse!

I don't see why enjoying Rolls ownership requires an attitude like that. It sounds a bit 'chippy' to me, but then in spite of being a povvo I've always felt comfortable with the idea of being disgustingly rich!

Taking a snapper on a romantic weekend away? Well, an interesting proposition...

(And I'm reliably informed it's a pony.)

[pSyCoSiS]

An excellent write up of a truly sublime machine.

[MikeO996]

It looks fab - but would you ever be able to use it? Unless you book ahead for two parking spaces with substantial manovoeuring room around them (can you imagine it in a multi-storey?) you'd always be worrying about where you were going to leave it.

to be fair, same applies I guess to most Lambos, Ferraris etc.

[Stuart]

I don't think that they're really aiming it at the sort of people who use multi-storey car parks, or Asda.

It is an absolute bus though. Only when you see it next to other cars do you realise quite how enormous and high it is.

[Gompo]

Had a very close look at a yellow one today..!

I generally hate yellow cars and did with this one at first sight, but over time I gradually 'accepted' it. Would be one of the last cars to get my money at £320k though, even in a normal colour.

[nsmith1180]

Am I the only person who sees that and thinks of a phrase with swearword + that + something about a game of soldiers?? Good looking car but that is NARROW for a mahoosive motor worth hundreds of thousands!